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10 Jan

Gale-force winds, high waves led to tilting of elevated liftboat

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Gale-force winds and high waves from a storm led to the listing (tilting) of an elevated liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday. Damage to the vessel and cargo was estimated at $6.9 million. On Nov. 20, 2022, the liftboat L/B Robert was reported to be listing (tilting) alongside a stationary…

04 Jan

Public hearing slated on fatal Port Newark ship fire

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard, in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), is scheduled to conduct a formal public hearing Jan. 10-18 to consider evidence related to the fire that occurred aboard the Italian-flagged cargo vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio while docked at Port Newark, N.J. The hearing will be open to the public, as well as…

03 Jan

NTSB: Troubleshooting on trawler led to collision with boxship

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — A fishing vessel mate not maintaining a proper lookout and conducting maintenance on critical equipment while underway led to the collision of a containership and fishing vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vessels was estimated at $6.25 million. On Oct. 28, 2022, while the containership MSC Rita was…

14 Dec

Corroded wire rope led to crane failure on bulk carrier

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, safety, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — Undetected corrosion and wear led to an equipment failure on a bulk carrier while offloading cargo last year in Houston, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday. On July 23, 2022, the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk was offloading a wind turbine component at the Greensport Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel when the hoisting wire rope on…

06 Dec

Changes to anchorage, VTS urged after San Pedro Bay spill

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended new notification alarms and procedures for potential incursions on pipelines and a change to an anchorage off the California coast following a crude oil release in 2021 caused by ship anchors damaging an underwater pipeline. NTSB investigators determined that the oil leak, which began on Oct. 1, 2021, in San…

05 Dec

NTSB cites maintenance error for engine room fire on tanker

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — A maintenance error caused an engine room fire aboard the chemical tanker Endo Breeze last year, resulting in $1.2 million in damage, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday. On April 29, 2022, Endo Breeze was transiting outbound through the Raritan Bay West Reach channel near Staten Island, N.Y., when oil spray from a fuel injector pump…

21 Nov

NTSB to hold public meeting on San Pedro Bay oil release

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting Dec. 5 to determine the probable cause of a crude oil release that followed anchor strikes on an underwater pipeline in San Pedro Bay near Huntington Beach, Calif. On Oct. 1, 2021, crude oil began leaking from a crack that had developed in an underwater…

15 Nov

Coast Guard, partner agencies review Titan evidence

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsNTSB, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and the French Marine Casualty Investigation Authority (BEAmer) conducted an evidence review of recovered Titan submersible debris in Newport, R.I., on Nov. 8. Investigators from the Coast Guard, NTSB, TSB and BEAmer were on site to examine the collected evidence for their respective…

31 Oct

NTSB details 29 casualties in latest Safer Seas Digest

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the 10th anniversary edition of Safer Seas Digest, which highlights the most important lessons learned from marine investigations last year. Safer Seas Digest 2022 details the lessons learned from 29 maritime tragedies involving capsizings, contact, collisions, fires, flooding and groundings. Among the investigations included in the report are the sinking…

25 Oct

NTSB urges fire upgrades for small passenger vessels

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, safety

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended Tuesday that engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels previously exempted from U.S. Coast Guard regulations in Subchapter K. The NTSB issued the recommendations after investigating an engine room fire aboard Spirit of Norfolk during a sightseeing cruise near Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on…